Aniyah_
I kept my breaths steady.
Don't forget to breathe.
Maya would instruct me during our most intense training sessions. At first, my focus was on my breathing techniques when fighting. I would not only count my opponents attacks, but I would focus on keeping my breaths steady.
In the beginning, it was a distraction.
That was until it became a second nature. As she told me before, it kept me from getting weak. It kept me from begging for a breath after each intense combination of hits.
It kept me strong. It helped me last longer.
"Right." Carl held his hands up steady as he instructed me.
At his request, I hit him with a right punch.
"Right." Again, I threw a punch. "Right foot."
I kicked; my foot making contact with the boxing mit.
"Again. Higher." He urged.
Again, I kicke
